--:--your kitchen, probably

Rise · a coffee journal

Built for 5am.

A quieter companion for people who take the morning cup seriously. One hand, half awake, full attention on the brew, not the app.

01The brew

The recipe is already set.
Tap the timer.

Rise opens on your kitchen. Today's bean, today's ratio, today's water. Everything editable inline, nothing hidden behind a screen. When you're ready, one tap starts the timer. That's the whole ceremony.

The timer is the only full-focus moment. Big numbers. Stage prompts. Your thumb doesn't have to travel. Your eyes don't have to squint.

We thought about a giant "BREW" button. We deleted it. The app isn't the event.

Rise's Brew tab on mobile: today's bean and recipe, one tap away from the timer.

02Signal

It notices,
so you don't have to.

Signal is statistics, given a voice. It observes, with caveats, and invites you to test what looks worth testing.

It doesn't explain, prescribe, or pretend to know. It learns from your feedback, even when you ignore it.

We will never tell you your coffee is "82% good." We will tell you what the data suggests, and when it's too early to say.

The Guji prefers slower pours.

Observed · 14 brews · moderate confidence

Across your last two weeks, brews where pour time exceeded 3:20 rated higher than those under 3:00, by about 0.7 on your own scale.

ConfidenceModerate

Could also be the bean aging in. We'd rerun this after your next bag.

03Ledger

Every brew, kept in longhand.

Not a spreadsheet. A journal. Grouped by morning, written in serif, built for the kind of person who likes to page back through a month and remember which ones were good.

Search by taste: "find me the peachy ones." Or by bean, ratio, method, mood, whatever you wrote.

Tue · Oct 14

5:07

Guji · V60 · 1:16
bergamot came forward, honey finish, clean

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Oaxaca decaf · 1:15
afternoon. softer than yesterday.

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Mon · Oct 13

5:21

Guji · V60 · 1:17
pulled long, went flat. try coarser?

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04What it isn't

A short list of things
Rise will never do.

A lot of what makes Rise feel quiet is what we left out. These are load-bearing.

No push notifications

Your phone stays quiet at 4:47am.

Rise never lights up your lock screen. In-app toasts only, while you're actually brewing.

No streaks

Missing a day isn't a failure.

No green squares. No guilt screens. Some mornings you just drink it.

No gamification

You don't earn badges for caring.

No levels, no points, no "coffee score." The coffee is the reward.

No AI voice

Rise doesn't talk like a chatbot. Because it isn't.

Signal observes. It doesn't explain, prescribe, or pretend to know.

No ads, ever

No affiliate links. No sponsored beans.

You're the customer, not the product. The app never recommends a brand it's paid by.

No data selling

Your brews are yours.

Export to JSON any time. Delete your account and it all goes with you.

05Pricing

Mostly free.
Pro when you want Signal.

The app is free, forever. Pro is $7.99 a month when you want Signal: 30 days free to try, no credit card required.

FREE · FOREVER

Rise

No card, no trial, no expiration.

Brew timer with phase guidance
Brew ledger with full history
Bean library with roast tracking
Search by taste, method, or bean
Local-first; iCloud / Drive backup
Signal (pattern observations)
Experiments (controlled comparisons)

Start brewing →

PRO

Rise Pro

$7.99/mo

or $59 a year ($4.92/mo · save 38%)

Everything in Free, plus:
Signal: pattern observations across your brews
Experiments: controlled A/B with confidence
Per-bean dial overrides + saved recipes
Confidence-graded observations (CI gating)
Multi-method comparison views
Priority email support

Start 30 days free →

No credit card required. Add one only when you decide to keep Pro.

Beta tester? Your first year of Pro is already on your account; no action needed.

Lifetime · $99

For people who'd rather think about coffee than subscriptions.

30 days to change your mind; full refund, no questions.

$99Get lifetime →

What's in each tier

Feature	Free	Pro	Lifetime
Brewing
Brew timer + phase guidance	✓	✓	✓
Saved recipes per method	✓	✓	✓
Per-bean dial overrides	-	✓	✓
Multi-method comparison	-	✓	✓
Beans
Bean library + roast tracking	✓	✓	✓
Search by taste / method / bean	✓	✓	✓
Ledger
Full brew history	✓	✓	✓
Notes + ratings	✓	✓	✓
Signal
Pattern observations	-	✓	✓
Confidence-graded results	-	✓	✓
Experiments (A/B)	-	✓	✓
Data & privacy
Local-first storage	✓	✓	✓
iCloud / Drive backup	✓	✓	✓
Full export (CSV / JSON)	✓	✓	✓
Support
Email support	✓	✓	✓
Priority email support	-	✓	✓

Questions

Can I downgrade?: Yes. Your data stays. Signal stops generating new observations; the ones you already have remain readable.
Why lifetime, when most apps don't offer one?: Subscriptions make sense for tools that keep changing in big ways. Rise is a long-arc craft tool: most of what you pay for, you'll keep using on the same shape for years. The lifetime option is for the people who'd rather just buy the thing once. We price it where the math works for both sides at roughly a year of monthly Pro, or a year and a half of the annual plan.
What if Signal isn't useful for me?: Some practices don't have enough variation for Signal to find patterns. Every account starts with 30 days of Pro for free, no card required. If a month of Signal hasn't said anything you didn't already know, downgrade; we won't take it personally.

The kettle doesn't care if it's Monday.
Neither should your app.